Associations between high temperatures in pregnancy and risk of preterm birth, low birth weight, and stillbirths: systematic review and meta-analysis
MCMatthew ChersichMDMinh D. PhamATAshtyn Tracey ArealMMMarjan Mosalam HaghighiAEAlbert Edgar Manyuchi
University of the Witwatersrand · Burnet Institute · +10 more institutions
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Abstract
Objective
To assess whether exposure to high temperatures in pregnancy is associated with increased risk for preterm birth, low birth weight, and stillbirth.
Design
Systematic review and random effects meta-analysis. DATA SOURCES: Medline and Web of Science searched up to September 2018, updated in August 2019. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR SELECTING STUDIES: Clinical studies on associations between high environmental temperatures, and preterm birth, birth weight, and stillbirths.
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569
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Authors
11- MCMatthew ChersichCorresponding
University of the Witwatersrand
- MDMinh D. Pham
Burnet Institute, Monash University
- ATAshtyn Tracey Areal
Leibniz Institute of Environmental Medicine
- MMMarjan Mosalam Haghighi
The University of Sydney, Children's Hospital at Westmead
- AEAlbert Edgar Manyuchi
University of the Witwatersrand
Topics & keywords
Topics
Keywords
- Meta-analysis
- Confidence interval
- Medicine
- Odds ratio
- Low birth weight
- Pregnancy
- Birth weight
- Obstetrics
UN Sustainable Development Goals
- No poverty
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